This History of the Jackson Family was compiled
by AMY LLOYD,
a daughter of Sir Thomas Jackson. It was done in 1951 and is regrettably
without sources. I have copied only the portions which have not
been superceded by other research. This is the third
such section.

THE JULIUS FAMILY

The earliest records of the JULIUS family are in the Records Office,
Fetter Lane, London.
In 1668 one John Julius was paid a Sum of money by the King to bring himself
and family from North Yarmouth to St. Kitts.

Coat of Arms and Crest
MY NOTE: There is a space here in the cdocument, but no crest shown.

Motto: VIRTUE ET INDUSTRIA FLORESCO.

WILLIAM JULIUS buried in Westminster Abbey near- entrance
to Poets' Corner – “Near this place lyeth interred the body
of Captain William Julius late Commander of His Majesty's Ship “Colchester”
who departed this life 3rd October 1698 aged 33 years.”

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(Must be a generation or two missing here).

WILLIAM JULIUS 1726-1780. A considerable landed proprietor
in the island of St. Kitts -his brother John then being Governor of the
island. He was considered one of the proudest and extravagant men in England.
He never drove without his four horses and outriders and lived far beyond
his income which was £30,000 per annum. He married a Welsh lady,
Miss Edwards. His daughter Louisa Caroline married Phocian Dare.
In her youth when living in St. Kitts, the late Lord Nelson after making
her an offer of marriage which she refused, married her first cousin Mrs.
Nesbitt, and was one of the bridesmaids. King Edward IV (then Duke of
Clarence) who, with the Fleet, was anchored at Nevres, gave the bride
away. Louisa Caroline was born 1764 and died 1845.

DOCTOR GEORGE CHARLES JULIUS was the son of William
Julius of St. Kitts. He was born in 1756 and died 1866. Married Isabella
Maria Gilder in 1795. As a boy he was heir to considerable property but
his trustees were dishonest and by the time he came of age it had melted
away. He went to India in 1799 to Bristol in 1810, and to Old Palace,
Richmond in 1814, from where he attended the Royal Family who were then
living at Kew. George IV gave him candlesticks. His son, George Julius,
was his partner.

THE TRUE AND VERITABLE STORY OF SIXTEEN STRINGED JACK
About the middle of the last century (1700?) there lived in Cavendish
Square a certain Mr. Julius. He had a comfortable income of: £7,000
a year derived from his Estates in St. Kitts .He was Secretary to the
Marquis of Rockingham. (then Prime Minister) and was a friend of the Prince
Regent, and lived what was then the fashionable life of: a Man About Town.
He was well known as the possessor of 16. four very celebrated grey horses.
At this time the environs of London were greatly infested by Highwaymen,
and amongst these Knights of the Road, there was one who afterwards became
known as SIXTEEN STRINGED JACK.
Now it happened that on a clear moonlight night, the Duke of Argyl was
riding alone across Hounslow Heath, then a bare desolate common, when
he was stopped by an armed highwayman who threatened to shoot hin and
demanded his purse . The Duke drew his pistol and fired at the man, but
missed his aim. Whereupon the robber put spurs to his horse and galloped
off in the direction of London. The Duke, who had recognised him as the
renowned highwayman, immediately gave chase but the robber soon outdistanced
him, and on entering London, turned down a dark alley and gave him the
slip.
During the chase the Duke had been particularly struck by the robber's
horse, a fine grey, so like Mr. Julius's that the Duke proceeded at once
to Cavendish Square to make enquiries. “He was out - gone to the
play.” Thither His Grace followed him. The performance was drawing
to a close but Mr. Julius was still in his box. The Duke related his experience
and his firm conviction that the highwayman was mounted on one of the
well known greys. Mr. Julius assured the Duke that he must be mistaken
as he had driven to the theatre with the four greys and had put them up
at the mews close by. They went to the stable and found 17. the four greys,
three cool and quiet, but the fourth panting and covered with foam. The
Duke turned to make enquiries of the Coachman, and recognised him as the
man who had stopped him an hour ago.
The Coachman was immediately arrested and shortly afterwards tried and
found guilty and condemned to be hung. This was duly carried out at Tyburn.
Thus ended the career of SIXTEEN STRINGED JACK who, in the Red Book of
the Knights of the Road, ranks only second to Dick Turpin.
Before his execution he confessed that he had been in the constant habit
after driving his master to the theatre of mounting one of the greys and
committing robberies , and returning in time to drive his master home.

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The Mr. Julius of this story lost most of his fortune through freeing
all his slaves on his plantation. This was done voluntarily before the
law was made forbidding slavery.
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Another Julius cousin was The Right Rev. A.E. Juliius, Archbishop of New
Zealand.
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